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Q 5: ears and eyes

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what organ opens into the ears
kindey
what organ opens into the eyes
liver
Querying eyes and ears disease, could help diagnosing the change of the whole body health and diseases in Zang Fu, especially in ____, _____, _____,_____
LV, GB, K, SJ
what are common problems related to the ears
tinnitus
hard hearing
deafness
tinnitus that is due to deficiency
slowly developed, volume low, like cicadas buzzing, reducing/stopping after pressing.
causes of deficient tinnitus
liver/kidney yin def.
liver yang uprising
kidney essence damage/lost
empty sea of marrow that is not nourishing the brain and ears
tinnitus that is due to Excess
acute, frog or wave, pressing won't stop.
patterns/causes of tinnitus that is due to excess
LV/GB fire disturbing orifice
patterns/causes of of acute deafness
excess pattern, due to LB/GB fire reversal blocking the orifice

warm disease from evil heat misting the upper jiao

easier to treat
chronic disease slowly causes hearing loss due to _______
not enough essence and Qi to nourish orifice
acute hard of listening is due to
phlegm misting upper

wind evil attacking ears
excess severe pattern of eye itchiness symptoms and causes
Symptoms: bugs crawling, photophobia, tearing w/ burning sensation

causes: liver channel wind fire disturbing the upper
if eye itchiness is slight-moderate it is usually caused by _______
blood deficiency and lack of nourishment
liver fire uprising eye pain
unbearable pain, red eyes and face, bitter taste, irritable and easily angered
wind fire evil moving up, contagious eye pain
red swollen eyes, avoiding light, crusty deposit
yin deficient fire burning eye pain
minor eye redness and pain, on and off, dry eyes
pattern/causes for:
Eye:Vertigo (Excess)
red face, headache, head tightness/swelling/heavy sensation, indication evil qi blocking upper
wind fire disturbing upper

phlegm dampness misting
pattern/causes for :

Eye: vertigo (deficient)
tiredness, shortness of breath, dizziness, tinnitus
sinking Zhong Qi
liver and kidney deficiency
blood Xu
damaged essence
what is it called when vision is normal during day time but poor at night
birds eye or night blindness
what is the cause of vision problems
liver and kidney deficient
lacking blood and essence
___ Qi is circulating in____ meridians during the day.
wei
yang
sleeping is related to what levels and what organs
Qi and Blood
Heart and Kidney
insomnia
hard to fall asleep, easy to wake up and can't fall back to sleep, shallow sleeper, or can't sleep at all. in many cases dreamful
what are the two major reasons for insomnia
ying (nourishing) blood deficient, not nourishing heart spirit or ying deficient, empty fire disturbing the mind, causing insomnia, dreamful

evil Qi disturbing, like phlegm heat disturbing the mind, or food stagnation causing "stomach not harmonized then sleep not harmonized"
hypersomnia: phlegm dampness contained spleen, blocking clear yang ascending
sleepy, tiredness, dizziness, chest congestion, hardness in stomach
hypersomnia: middle Qi deficient, Sp can't transport/transform:
sleepy after meal, tiredness, reduced intake, no desire to eat
hypersomnia: extreme tiredness, sleepy but can't fall asleep, very shallow sleeping:
heat and kidney yang qi deficient, yin and cold gathering internally. SHL " Shao Yin Bing, thin and minute pulse
what are two cases that appear to be hypersomnia but are not
fever and fainting sleep (heat entering PC)

stroke patient fainting sleep with snoring, phlegm sound (phlegm misting the mind)
questions about appetite and thirst to determine any pathological conditions
thirst (y/n)
water (amount, Hot/cold)
appetite (y/n)
food intake (amount)
what foods are preferred/disliked
taste/smell in mouth
what can be determined from the questions about appetite and thirst
body fluid (jin Ye) levels
trasportation/distribution levels
ST, Sp and related Zang Fu functions
not thirsty or no desire to d rink means
no damage to body fluid
seen in cold pattern or damp pattern
no significant dry or heat patterns of current disease
wind cold
beginning stages of warm disease
dry mouth, slight thirst
fever
slight aversion to wind cold
swollen pain in throat
body fluid damage: slight
yang ming channel disease
big thirst, likes cold drinks
red face
sweating
surging rapid pulse
body fluid image: a lot
Xiao Ke
thirsty and drink a lot
large volume of urination
eat a lot and gets hungry a lot
gradually thinning body
Kidney deficient so water can't transform to body fluid and is instead expelled
thirsty and likes hot drinks but not drinking a lot
internal phlegm damp or weak deficient Yang Qi
thirsty but not drinking a lot, containing body heat, head and body constrained heaviness, abdominal congestion, yellow greasy tongue coating
damp heat

warm disease ying stage where heat is boiling ying and yin
thirsty and drink, then quickly feeling nausea or need to trow up
water in stomach
"water reversal"
first throw up, then thirsty
body's self recovery
dry mouth, only want to swish water but not swelling, purple spots on tongue
internal blood stasis blocking water distribution.

There is no action body fluid damage, so patient does not want to swallow the water
______ governs receiving and storage, fermenting water and grains
stomach
_____ governs transportation and transformation the essence of water and grains.
spleen
what 2 organs are involved in post heaven essence
SP and ST
new disease with loss of appetite is usually due to....
righteous qi defending body, usually easy to recover
chronic disease with tiredness, withered yellow complexion, pale tongue and deficient pulse is due to
SP ST deficiency
reduced intake and "tarden storage", with head and body heaviness, stomach distention, greasy tongue coat is mostly due to
dampness constraining SP or food stagnation

SP/ST can't keep up transform/transport function
dislike food, dislike the smell of food, usually due to food stagnation accompanied with belching rotten food smell and abdominal distention is usually caused by
eating too much
dislike greasy food, chest congestion, nausea, abdominal distention, mostly seen in what patterns
damp heat in SP/St
dislike greasy rich food, hypochondria burning heat pain, containing body heat is mostly seen what patterns
damp heat in LV/GB
anorexia in pregnant woman causes
chong channel qi upsurging affecting the descending function of the stomach
too big appetite, eating a long, feeling hungry after eating is due to
stomach fire
stomach function too fast
what is the difference between stomach fire and xiao ke
patient has similar appetite but is getting thinner
if loose stool accompanies stomach fire condition what is the condition
strong stomach, weak spleen

stomach heat/ spleen cold
hungry but no appetite or can only eat a little
stomach yin deficient

empty fire disturbing internal
likes to eat raw rice, dirty, unusual items
parasites
too much fatty, sweet food causes
phlegm damp
too much raw, cold food causes
dampages SP/ST
too much spicy food causes
dry heat
pregnant women craving ___ or ____ is considered normal
sour
spicy
chronic or serious disease patients usually eat small amount with little taste in mouth. If the patient suddenly wants to eat or is eating a lot this is called ____ and indicates _____
eliminating the middle

Sp and St qi extinguishing

patient is in grave condition
in disease prognosis, recover of appetite/food intake means
stomach qi recovery
patient is recovering
bland/pain/no taste in the mouth, taste reduced usually means
Sp/St qi deficient or cold pattern
bitter taste in the mouth
GB/LV abundant fire or GB qi reversal upward
sweet taste in the mouth w/ greasy yellow causes
damp heat

external damp heat entering Sp/St

Sp deficient ( if the tongue coast is thin/clear and saliva is thin as well)
sour taste or even with rotten sour food smell
indigestion,

LV qi stagnation inaning ST, Lv-St not harmonizing, losing St decending function causing acid reflux
astringent like after eating raw persimmon or steamed spinach, mostly with dry tongue
dry heat damaging fluids

could also come from too much yang and heat in Zang Fu

fire moving upward
salty flavor in mouth

usually with knee and waist weakness/soreness, frequent night urination
kidney deficient

cold water overflowing
greasy sticky with thick greasy tongue coating (frequently seen with other unusual tastes in mouth adding damp heat condition) is due to
dirty dampness stagnation
phlegm damp
food stagnation
numbness and losing taste causes
liver yang transforming to wind

drug overdose
mouth pain causes
SP/ST fire heat moving upward

yin deficient fire
Sour:everything tastes sour. dr said there might be too much stomach acid

what points treat this?
DU 9
LV 2
LV 3
hot: coughing, especially 4-5 AM, fish smell in the mouth and tastes spicy hot.

what points treat this
sedate: LU 5,LU 8
cup: BL 13
bitter: bad breath, bitter taste in the mouth, even lady taste bitter, don't want to eat, losing weight, face still red, left - cun big

what points treat this?
PC 6
sedate HT 7
sweet: always make sweet in the mouth, even salty olive taste sweet. losing appetite, sweating frequently, right- guan soft and forceless.

what points treat this?
st 36, ren 12, st 41
salty: customers complaining to a Si churn cook that his food is tasteless, lack of salt. chi pulse is very weak. what points treat this?
moxa Ki 17

Ki 3

Bl 23
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